| Show WHAT TO BUY FOR THE HAIR The New Pins and Combs and How to Wear Them In the multiplicity of really beautiful ornaments or-naments shown for the hair the question of what to buy becomes only that ot selecting the fittest for the person and the occasion for from the standard of abstractworth it would be difficult to go astray One law and one only seems to limit tho choice Pins combs bonnet supports and all possible forms of hair ornament must be worn with either jaunty grace or In some dashing position that suggests the brilliant woman of the world Combs are Wornwith long slender teeth and tops shaped in half circles in tiny coronets coro-nets in dainty bowknots and in the simple conventional forms that to many tastes seem beat of all i r V V t r f nW i Il t Pins arc displayed in the most ting t-ing variety and might easily tempt the most sedate of womeu to adorn her heir They are twopronged and einUeprongcd They have wonderfully stylish spiral tops exquisitely lovely enamel ornamentation and delicately jeweled designs that 8e so attractive as to cause the looker on to wonder what mischief they will do allied I to a fair girls charms 1 I In all the shapes that the season shows the materials are the same Gold silver I shell and amber stand first upon tho Hat but the really admirable rolled gold and gold plated upon silver deserve to rank second to none They aro less costly than the solid as is a matter of course but they are not less beautiful nor are they sufficiently suffi-ciently cheap to allow that fact to become a drawback in the minds of the exclusive dames The designs are thoroughly good and they are executed with a unesse that has only been possible of late years in anything but purest gold One pin thntdeserves special commendation commenda-tion from people of artistic tastes is in dagger dag-ger form with a daintily enamelled hilt I Another has a true lovers knot which I rests upon the hair with an effect difficult to outdo and still third that stands forth among all the grod things seen is surmounted sur-mounted by a semicircular top studded with jewels that are deep inset Among the combs hardly any one seems I better than the rest All the specimens seen prove clearly that both taste and judgment have been employ for it is difficult to find any fault with even the least of those that are shown In short the proper adornment of the hair IB a feature of the oresent season and fashion 10 offering every ponsiD e opportunity I opportu-nity for the carrying out of her behests Her votaries need only give thought to I what suits each ono the best for so long as the style be becoming nil elso may cumo of itself It is impossible to find an ugly pin or a comb that is out of taste Individual preference may decide for or against any special design For from any general standpoint are they all good alike Artistic Etches and that el9ins The strong preference for tho chatelaine fashion of wearing the ladys watch has brought into vogue a number of beautiful ideas Naturally the cueapar imitations have vulgarized the bowknot worn upon r 1 1 Ca r a V c = G S S 111us c 1l lJtQ the breast nevertheless this fancy if properly carried out and the bowknot worn at its proper placewhich is i on the side at the belt UnaIs extremely chic A number of charming now designs are now being shown and one cannot help realizing anew the convenience and elegance of this mode of wearing a watch In all these fresh forms it is insisted upou that the pin attachment correspond in decoration exactly ex-actly with the watch For instance a small stemwinder of dark blue or ruby or black enamel studded with diamonds has the bowknot similarly decorated One tiny dainty keepsake is enameled in iorgetmouots not only upon the case of the watch but corresponding upon tho pin from which tho watch is suspended Many of these pendant watches are so small as to be almost microscopic pnd a few have the faces hung downwards at the end of ornamental balls Tho watch face is now displayed in most unexpected places in vinaigrettes and purses and many of the new small gold ones are no longer than ordinary lockets In new chatelaine ornaments of gold toe > to-e worn with these small gold watches there are dragons griffins and attire Some will prefer these over the bowknot flour delIs doublehearts and other designs which are now considered passe It may bo mentioned in passing that ale hough the silver chatelaines of the cato nine tails variety with everything on earth hanging therefrom including boxes of lipsalve nailsissors and mirrors are still worn somewhat They are considered a little behind the light house11 as the saying goes It is especially true of the octopus chatelaine with its garnet eyes This vorily was hideous but preserve it it will serve admirably among the heirlooms heir-looms on some fair descendants silver table a century from now i CYNTHIA JABLOWE |
